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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't all food smells permeates into fabrics?  My neighbor's house smell like cabbage and old socks. Another neighbors house smells like a cheap diner- greasy.

Many people have a recirculating exhaust that recirculates the air into the house. We got a huge over the cooktop exhaust that vents outside the house.  Anytime you are frying anything, but especially onions and garlic, your house will smell.  Our go to is to turn off the AC/heat, start the exhaust, shut off the doors to every room, put all coats and jackets in the closet and shut the door, get some cross ventilation going and vent at the same side where the kitchen exhaust vents and finally, dress in "cooking clothes". I normally cook first thing in the morning, so that I can vent out everything, air everything and clean everything.

Unless I am just cooking oatmeal, eggs and toast, I have to take these precautions because every yummy food - Korean, Chinese, Italian, Indian, Mexican, American - will have some recipe that will have something to do with onions and garlic and there is always some frying or sauteeing involved.

The problem is not of cuisine. It is how the homes are designed, constructed, furnished, heated/cooled in this country.  There are smell traps everywhere, kitchens are in the middle of the house with no area for outdoors cooking, the air is constantly getting recirculated.

- Indian housewife. [/quote]

Certain foods and spices have stronger odors than others.  Regardless of your ventilation, the spices commonly used in Indian food have a stronger and longer lasting odor than almost all other foods/spices.  These smells can linger indefinitely.  If I cook Italian, Chinese, Thai or just about any other cuisine, there might be a temporary smell, but it doesn’t last the way smells with many Indian foods linger.  [/quote]

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